Meeting Highlights

Monday Highlights

Physician leaders from across the country at the AMA policymaking meeting Monday issued a decisive call for Congress to repeal Medicare’s SGR formula by the end of the year. Delegates gathered at the Interim Meeting directed the AMA to continue its advocacy to eliminate the failed formula and continue work to enhance potential legislation in alignment with AMA policy.

Sunday Highlights

As state medical liability reform laws have been increasingly under siege, the Litigation Center of the AMA and State Medical Societies has stood strong in the courts to meet the legal barrage. During an open forum Sunday, attorneys from three state medical associations gave an update on some of the most recent cases in which they partnered with the AMA Litigation Center.

Saturday Highlights

Two ways of viewing maintenance of licensure (MOL) and maintenance of certification (MOC)—namely, an opportunity for improving quality or a physician burden—intersected Saturday during a panel discussion at the AMA Interim Meeting. Evolving programs, MOL and MOC have both earned support and caused considerable concern among the physician community.

Are you happy with your practice of medicine? Chances are, the answer to that question largely depends on how many barriers you have to overcome to provide high-quality care, the control you have over your daily practice of medicine and how much you have to struggle with your electronic health record system. Learn how the AMA is responding to recent insights fleshed out in a study conducted by the RAND Corporation.

In an address to the AMA House of Delegates during Saturday's opening session of the 67th Interim Meeting, AMA President Ardis Dee Hoven, MD, told physicians from across the nation that the work they accomplish can have a profound impact on the future of American health care.

The AMA has boldly executed on core strategic initiatives, making great progress in shaping the future of health care while winning widespread plaudits and inspiring new partners. That was the message AMA Executive Vice President and CEO James L. Madara, MD, delivered Saturday at the opening session of the AMA House of Delegates Interim Meeting in Maryland.

Six young medical researchers claim the distinction of being named Saturday as winners of the 11th annual AMA Research Symposium. Competing among more than 330 of the country’s brightest medical students, residents, fellows and international medical graduates awaiting residency, the six overall winners were selected based on the outstanding quality of their work.

Friday Highlights

As the U.S. physician workforce and system of training have reached what experts are calling a “critical point,” dozens of the nation’s medical education leaders met Friday during the AMA Interim Meeting to discuss new ways to solve the growing problem.

Members of the AMA Minority Affairs Section (MAS) visited two local schools Friday morning to inspire minority students to consider a career in health care. The Doctors Back to School™ events at Bishop John T. Walker School for Boys and Bell High School gave inner-city students an opportunity to learn more about the medical profession through interactions with physicians.